William Shemin Jewish World War I Veterans Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1457.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUETKEMEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2571):
  Amendment I to the Constitution states, ``Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;'' Many veterans in World War I were not awarded the Medal of Honor which many of them may have deserved. Those worthy veterans were denied the Medal of Honor due to religious discrimination.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  342 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1457, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1457

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b563cabf04b359545992f0dcecac843e725d369b3c353c48815bf638976a30cf

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1457, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.